Geuzenveld-Slotermeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Louis Cornelis Dijkman
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
1. Louis Cornelis Dijkman Marker
Louis Cornelis Dijkman
Amsterdam, 5 augustus 1919 - Vught, 9 augustus 1944
Net vijfentwintig jaar was Louis Dijkman toen hij werd gefusilleerd. De rechtenstudent had als roepnaam Wiet en was verloofd met een zus van Wim Speelman. Beide mannen waren actief bij verzetsblad Vrij Nederland en later bij Trouw. Na zijn afstuderen en werkzaam als advocaat werd Dijkman hoofd van de Trouw-organisatie. Eind 1943 viel bij de uitvalsbasis aan de Ruysdaelstraat de Sicherheitsdienst, de inlichtingendienst van de nazi's, binnen. Dijkman werd neergeschoten en zwaargewond afgevoerd. In 1944 kreeg hij op zijn verjaardag samen met vierentwintig medeverspreiders en vijftien drukkers van de krant de doodstraf te horen. Tenzij Trouw de uitgave zou staken. Speelman zei niet te zullen capituleren voor een Duits ultimatum. Trouw ging door. Dijkman werd diezelfde dag door een vuurpeloton gedood.
Louis Dijkman was just twenty-five years old when he was executed. The law student had the alias of "Wiet"(lit. "Weed") and was engaged to a sister of Wim Speelman. Both men were active at the resistance magazine Vrij Nederland and later at Trouw. After graduating and becoming a lawyer, Dijkman became the head of the Trouw organization. At the end of 1943 the Sicherheitsdienst, the intelligence service of the Nazis, raided their base ofoperations on Ruysdaelstraat. Dijkman was shot and seriously injured. In 1944, on his birthday, he was together with twenty-four co-distributors and fifteen printers of the newspaper sentenced to death, unless Trouw would cease operations. Speelman said he would not capitulate to the German ultimatum. Trouw would go on. Dijkman was on that same day killed by a firing squad.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Give Streets a Face / Geef Straten Een Gezicht, and the Heroes of the Dutch Resistance (GSEG) series lists.
Location. 52° 22.935′ N, 4° 49.469′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. It is at the intersection of Dijkmanpad and Van Hanxleden Houwertstraat, on the left when traveling north on Dijkmanpad. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Dijkmanpad 1, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1063 GG, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jan van Hanxleden Houwert (within shouting distance of this marker); Cornelis de Groot (within shouting
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
2. Louis Cornelis Dijkman Marker - wide view
Also see . . . Dijkman, Louis Cornelis (National Monument Kamp Vught, in Dutch). (Submitted on October 6, 2022.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
